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Aspiration is under investigation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission about the quality of its carbon offsets
How Aspiration went from a fintech investment firm to a carbon broker.
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After 11 years, many villagers wonder what they get from Wildlife Works Carbon’s Mai Ndombe REDD project
Jonas Gerding a journalist with the German newspaper Die Zeit recently visited Mai Ndombe in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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REDD-Minus: New report reveals the reality of REDD in Mai Ndombe, Democratic Republic of Congo
A recent report by Action pour la Promotion et Protection des Peoples et Espèces Menacées (APEM) and Rainforest Foundation UK looks at the social…
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REDD in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Civil society letter requests Free, Prior and Informed Consent, review of REDD+ approval decree, a…
In May 2019, the Congolese NGO Action pour la promotion et protection des peoples et espèces menacés (APEM) wrote to the coordinator of the World Bank’s…
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Democratic Republic of Congo: Civil society monitoring of REDD in Mai Ndombe province reveals that REDD on the ground is failing to adhere…
In September and October 2018, six local monitors trained by the Congolese NGO Action pour la promotion et protection des peoples et espèces menacés…
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The shambles of the World Bank’s REDD negotiations in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The World Bank and the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo are coming to the end of negotiations about the country’s Emission Reductions…
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Unanswered questions about WWF’s REDD project in Mai Ndombe, Democratic Republic of Congo
Ten days ago, REDD-Monitor sent some questions to Hicham Daoudi, project manager of WWF’s REDD project in Mai Ndombe, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Some questions for Hicham Daoudi, project manager of WWF’s REDD project in Mai Ndombe, Democratic Republic of Congo
At the beginning of November 2017, REDD-Monitor wrote about WWF’s REDD project in Mai Ndombe province, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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WWF’s REDD project in Mai Ndombe, Democratic Republic of Congo: No consultation, no transparency, and communities paid less than DRC’s…
WWF’s largest REDD project in Africa is in Mai Ndombe province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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The virtual economy of REDD: Conflicts of interest, hot air, and dodgy baselines
In order for REDD projects to generate carbon credits, a “baseline scenario” has to be created.
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Deforestation is increasing in the Mai Ndombe REDD project area. And the project still sells carbon credits
The project is not additional. And it's not stopping deforestation.
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Free, prior and informed consent? Not in Ecosystem Restoration Associates’ REDD project in DR Congo
How Wildlife Works Carbon's Mai Ndombe project started.
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